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NEW YORK — <\/span>New York City’s tax on luxury second homes has its latest moneyed opposition<\/a>: casino mogul Steve Wynn and former Trump administration secretary Wilbur Ross.<\/p>\n The pair of wealthy part-time New Yorkers sued the state on Monday over the so-called pied-\u00e0-terre tax, arguing the surcharge is unconstitutional because it discriminates against people who don’t primarily live in the state. <\/p>\n According to the case, both men are residents of Florida but are staring down massive bills under the tax<\/a>, which is meant to raise revenue from wealthy people who own ritzy pads in the Big Apple but don’t pay local income taxes because they live most of the year elsewhere. <\/p>\n Ross, an investor who was commerce secretary during President Donald Trump’s first term, could be on the hook for more than $83,000 for his co-op in Manhattan. And Wynn, developer of a luxury casino empire, is facing a possible charge of over $183,000 for his place in the city. <\/p>\n The lawsuit, which was filed against the state in a court on Long Island, also argues that people who own pied-\u00e0-terres already fork over serious coin on property tax here and, because they are wealthy, make major contributions to the city’s charitable and cultural institutions \u201cfor the benefit of all New Yorkers.\u201d <\/p>\n In a statement, a spokesperson for Gov. Kathy Hochul said \u201cWhen Steve Wynn and Wilbur Ross try to cast themselves as sympathetic figures in a fight over paying their fair share on multimillion-dollar second homes, they\u2019re making the case for the pied-\u00e0-terre tax as well as anyone could.”<\/p>\n